Gordale Scar
Gordale Scar is a limestone ravine 1 mile (1.6 km) northeast of Malham, North Yorkshire, England. It contains two waterfalls and has overhanging limestone cliffs over 100 metres high. The gorge could have been formed by water from melting glaciers or a cavern collapse. The stream flowing through the scar is Gordale Beck, which on leaving the gorge flows over Janet's Foss before joining Malham Beck two miles downstream to form the River Aire. A right of way leads up the gorge, but requires some mild scrambling over tufa at the lower waterfall.
William Wordsworth wrote in the sonnet Gordale, "let thy feet repair to Gordale chasm, terrific as the lair where the young lions couch".
James Ward created a large and imaginative painting [1] of it that can be seen in Tate Britain.
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J. M. W. Turner also painted a picture of it in 1816, also to be seen in Tate Britain.
The entrance to the ravine
The first hurdle..
The upper waterfall
Painting by James Ward
The valley just downstream from Gordale Scar.
Coordinates: 54°04′19″N 2°07′51″W / 54.07194°N 2.13083°W
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